A review of Trashing Performance - originally published in Exeunt Magazine, 4th November 2011.

Performance Matters proposes a different approach to performance research, one that capitalises on the potential of public discourse and collaboration, and sets out to challenge how we approach value in performance, the inherent social and political baggage that comes with that. This year's incarnation, 'Trashing Performance' took place at Tonybee Studios at Arts Admin in east London and paid particular attention to forms of performance and popular culture, which are often categorised as low art, omitted from academic analysis and on the outskirts of mainstream culture.